The material culture of death in medieval Japan [electronic resource] /
Karen M. Gerhart.
- Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009.
- xii, 259 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index.
Introduction -- The rituals of death -- Death in the fourteenth century -- Funerals in the fifteenth century -- The material culture of death -- Objects of separation and containment -- Ritual implements for funerals and memorials -- Portraits of the deceased.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--History--Japan--To 1500.